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The City
This charming city with a population of 622,000 on the banks of the St. Lawrence River was first settled 400 years ago.
The university is located in Ste-Foy, about 20 minutes by bus from le Vieux Québec.
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Université Laval
Founded in 1852, the Université Laval is one of the largest and most respected institutions of higher learning in Canada.
This oldest of French-speaking universities in North America is internationally recognized as a cultural center of la Francophonie.
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Housing Most BGSU students live in private rooms in university residence halls, where they take advantage of the university meal plan. For those who prefer, it is also possible to live with a host family.
Courses Students enroll in the Section des Etudes de Français Langue Seconde (FLS) [link to http://www.lli.ulaval.ca/], where they take a variety of courses in language, civilization, and literature.
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Examples of FLS courses taken by BGSU students in recent years include:
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- Grammaire pratiqueGrammaire de l’oral
- Littérature québécoise
- Civilisation québécoise
- Textes littéraires
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- Communication orale
- Rédaction de textes académiques
- Phonétique pratique
- Le Français en Amérique du Nord
- Analyse du discours ora
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In addition to FLS courses, qualified students may, with the approval of BGSU’s Quebec program director, take selected approved
courses given by the French Department of the Faculté de Lettres at Laval. Courses offered in recent years include: Essayistes
au féminin, Langue franco-canadienne, Littérature française du XIXe siècle, Francophone: problématique et institutions, Poésie
et roman
négro-africains.
- Registration for the first semester takes place during the last week of August.
- During their year at Laval, graduate students are expected to take at least 3 credit hours of Quebec civilization and 3 credit
hours of Quebec literature.
- The credit load for BGSU students is normally 15 hours in the fall and 12 hours in the second semester.
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